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www.postmagazine.com 1 POST SEPT/OCT 2026 Debt Collector 18 SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986 VOL. 41 · NO. 5 WWW.POSTMAGAZINE.COM WEB EXCLUSIVES • Director's Chair: - Noah Segan — The Only Living Pickpocket in New York • Podcasts: - Skywalker Sound's Shelley Roden - The Mongoose director Mark Vanelow • Yearly Report: Overview & outlook for 2027 • Awards Contenders: Blockbuster & indie films • AI: New applications for animation & VFX • Industry Trends: Virtual production technology ON OUR COVER Amazon MGM Studios' The Runner Hacks 14 The End of Oak Street 10 12 The Runner 2 EDITOR'S LETTER Tapping into industry expertise By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES The latest news from Arri, Avid, Church Edit, Imaginary Forces & more 10 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR The Runner Kevin Macdonald shoots & posts this pulse-pounding thriller entirely in London By Iain Blair 12 EDITING The End of Oak Street John Axelrad cuts a VFX spectacle with a heartfelt story By Marc Loftus 14 EMMY WINNERS Inside the production and post for television's top programming By Marc Loftus 18 MUSIC VIDEOS Making music-driven visuals for new releases from Brookelen, Cherry Bomb, Rivkah Reyes and Shab By Marc Loftus 20 SOUNDTRACK The benefits of early conversations Sound's role is now showing up in bids, treatments & storyboards By Zach Fortin 21 SECURITY Every handoff represents a decision Every security breach has an origin story By Terri Davies 22 POST POSITTIONS Has 'fix it in post' gone too far? Post's reputation evolves beyond problem solving By Brian LaBrec 24 STORAGE AI opportunities & challenges Modern media workflows challenge performance, latency & capacity By Tom Coughlin 26 WORKFLOW Got tape? Playback solutions for once popular video formats By Marc Franklin 27 PEOPLE New hires and promotions at Colornation, Cut+Run, Mr. Bronx, Papercut, Parallax, The Yard VFX & more